Smart water conservancy construction continues to accelerate, and robots demonstrate the value of integrating heaven, earth and space

The so-called "smart water conservancy" refers to the use of advanced technologies such as AI, the Internet of Things, and 5G to improve the management efficiency and service levels of the water conservancy department and promote the informatization and intelligent development of water conservancy. In recent years, with the rapid breakthroughs of new generation communication technology and the widespread application of various intelligent terminals, my country's smart water conservancy has ushered in important opportunities.

my country’s water conservancy intelligent upgrading is facing an opportunity

As we all know, water conservancy construction is of great importance to my country’s economic and social development. In addition to preventing various natural disasters, it is also an important guarantee for the utilization and protection of water resources and the development and application of new energy. Since ancient times, our country has been a major water conservancy country. Whether it is Dujiangyan, the Grand Canal, Liguo Canal, or Karez, they are all unique water conservancy projects.

However, as we enter a new era, the continuous growth of population, the in-depth influence of geography and climate, as well as the continued role of water resources distribution, urbanization development and other factors have given our country contemporary Water conservancy construction has put forward new requirements. On the one hand, my country's water conservancy construction urgently needs to solve the water resource dilemma; on the other hand, it must also meet the new needs of production and life.

Based on this, the development of smart water conservancy has gradually become the focus of our country. In 2019, the water conservancy department issued a number of documents including the "Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the Promotion of Smart Water Conservancy" and the "Overall Plan for Smart Water Conservancy" to address the shortcomings of water conservancy projects, strengthen supervision of the water conservancy industry, and promote the development of smart water conservancy. At the same time, related smart technologies are also emerging.

For example, since last year, my country's 5G technology has officially been commercialized, which has brought good news to the high-speed and precise development of water conservancy communications; at the same time, last year, "Smart +" was included in the government work report , and also provide assistance for the intelligent upgrading of water conservancy construction; in addition, the industrial Internet and other technologies have been included in new infrastructure at the beginning of the year, which also brings information opportunities.

　Robots Show all-round value of the world

Among the many intelligent technologies and equipment, robots There is no doubt that it is the vanguard of smart water conservancy development. This is not only because technologies such as 5G, AI, and the Internet of Things areIt can be matched to the robot to integrate thousands of functions. More importantly, the robot can also demonstrate all-round upgrade and boost value through integrated operations of space, ground and air.

In terms of aerial operations, aerial robots, also known as drones, can demonstrate strong monitoring value. With its flexible application, simple operation, and wide coverage, drones can carry out various tasks such as flood disaster monitoring, water conservancy project monitoring, and water environment monitoring from the air, allowing people to easily grasp relevant disaster, environmental, and engineering information.

At the same time, in terms of ground operations, various special robots, such as flood fighting and rescue piling robots, culvert detection robots, pipeline inspection robots, river dredging robots, etc., can also help people before and after disasters. , conduct effective inspections and timely dredging of water conservancy projects to ensure the stability, normality and safety of water conservancy facilities operation and maintenance.

In addition to underwater operations, the emergence and application of underwater robots can also play a role in water conservancy project monitoring, water environment monitoring, underwater facility cleaning and maintenance, underwater flood fighting and rescue, etc. provide significant value. With the help of underwater robots, people can not only carry out water conservancy construction at close range underwater, but also expand the scope of water conservancy from rivers and lakes to the ocean.

There will be four major trends in water conservancy robots in the future

However, based on the complexity, variability, and Harshness and non-institutional nature also put forward certain requirements for the functionality, reliability, stability and flexibility of robots. In other words, although water conservancy robots have great effects, they are not easy to be widely used. In this context, future robots need to follow four aspects of development.

The first is to develop towards large-scale. This is determined by the particularity of the application in the water conservancy industry. In many cases, the water conservancy industry requires large-scale fully automated robots to replace some high-intensity and high-risk manual operations, such as tunnel excavation, drilling, etc. This requires robots to follow the trend of large-scale development and continuously enrich and increase the types of their own products.

The second is to develop towards intelligence. At present, the level of intelligence of robots in the water conservancy industry is not high, and most of them still stay at the original level of automated machinery, with relatively low human-computer interaction and autonomous learning capabilities. In this case, in order to meet more intelligent and unmanned development applications. It is also necessary to expand thinking and technology to improve the intelligence of robots.

Once again, it is developing towards networking. Network technology can broaden the application scope of robots. Using network and communication technology, robots can be remotely controlled and operated, replacing people from working in more distant places. at present, in the context of the increasingly mature development of 5G and Beidou navigation, our country needs to increase the integration of water conservancy robots with these technologies.

The last step is towards integration. From urban underground water conservancy to river and lake water conservancy to ocean water conservancy, as the water conservancy industry continues to expand and demand extends, the functional requirements for robots are also getting higher and higher. In the future, water conservancy robots must play multiple roles and be used for multiple purposes, which requires them to integrate more technologies and obtain more functions.